December 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



41 



MUM MBS. HABBY TUBNEB. 



It is difficult to reproduce a crimson 

 variety, according to the photographer. 

 Certain it is that the picture of Mum 

 Mrs. Harry Turner is a miserable at- 

 tempt to do justice to a beautiful 

 flower. The color is the same shade of 

 crimson seen in the old Black Hawk, 

 which is one of the finest colored va- 

 rieties we have. Mrs. Harry Turner 

 comes much larger and every petal on 

 the late bud reflexes to show the lovely 

 color. This will, I am certain, be a 

 popular variety when it is well known. 

 It is named for the recently acquired 

 wife of an ex-president of the New 

 York Florists ' Club, Harry Turner, now 

 gardener at Samuel Untermyer's place, 

 Greystone, at Yonkers, N. Y. 



Chas. H. Totty. 



COMMEBCIAI. MUMS. 



Early Varieties. 



In my last article, under the head of 

 "Exhibition Mums," I said I would 

 give a review of the commercial vari- 

 eties in a later issue. 



The following list is what my experi- 

 ence suggests as being first-class vari- 

 eties to grow, since they have sold 

 much better than the average varieties 

 and the net returns per square foot 

 have been more generally satisfactory. 

 I do not presume to say that this list 

 would be equally satisfactory in every 

 market or that the same varieties would 

 do equally well anywhere else, but, 

 speaking in a general way, they will 

 be found quite reliable. 



Early kinds — Smith 's Advance, Golden 

 Glow, Folly Rose, Yellow October Frost, 

 Monrovia and Rosiere. 



Of the foregoing. Yellow October 

 Frost turned in for us the largest re- 

 turns per square foot. One must get 

 an early bud for this variety in order 

 to get the heavy flower, and if this is 

 done Yellow October Frost will certainly 

 pay its way. 



Smith's Advance is a new-comer in 

 this list and it paid its own way nicely. 

 We had no white coming in so early 

 and this is a splendid combination for 

 Golden Glow. 



Monrovia sold much better than 

 Golden Glow this year with those grow- 

 ers who had it in shape to cut from 

 September 20 to 25. It is a better 

 color and it makes a heavier flower, 

 with a nicer stem. 



All the early varieties, in our expe- 

 rience, sold much better than the mid- 

 season ones. 



Second Early List. 



The second early list — that is, va- 

 rieties that can be cut from October 

 5 to 20 — would include Beatrice May, 

 Mrs. Wm. Arnold and Mrs. David Syme, 

 in whites; Gloria and Pacific Supreme, 



in pink; Comoleta, in yellow, and Mrs. 

 O. H. Kahn, in bronze. 



Beatrice May, as put on the market 

 by some growers, is a beautiful chrys- 

 anthemum, though the foliage is some- 

 what poor. Mrs. Wm. Arnold produces 

 some splendid flowers and sold in a 

 more satisfactory manner. 



A yellow that pro|jably^ Will be con- 

 sidered a feature in this section next 

 year is Chrysolora, which has been 

 grown by widely separated growers 

 this year with good results. 



Mrs. David Syme reached high-water 



Mum Mrs. Harry Turner. 



mark in this section, bringing as high 

 as $9 per dozen wholesale in some cases. 



Midseason Sorts. 



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Among the best midseason varieties 

 are Elise Papworth, Major Bonnaffon, 

 Patty, Lynnwood Hall, Pockett's Crim- 

 son, T. Eaton and Yellow Eaton. 



Midseason varieties had a bad slump 

 in New York and it was largely a ques- 

 tion of get what one could, without 

 any consideration of what the stock 

 was worth. The unavoidable slump 

 comes every year, but this year it 

 seemed more pronounced than ever. 

 None of the varieties mentioned above 

 are particularly new; therefore they 

 do not call for any special comment. 



Bonnaffon is still grown in large 



quantities by some growers, but I am 

 afraid the returns can not be consid- 

 ered entirely satisfactory. 



Late Varieties. 



In late varieties, Pockett's Surprise, 

 C'hadwick Supreme, W. H. Chadwick, 

 Yellow Chadwick, Nagoya and W. R. 

 Brock seem the most satisfactory. 



Pockett's Surprise was the peer in 

 this particular section. One grower of 

 my acquaintance received $9 per dozen 

 wholesale for his flowers of this variety. 



The three Chadwicks, white, yellow 

 and pink, sold well and seemed to be in 

 good demand. 



The returns on the late varieties will 

 be found considerably more satisfac- 

 tory than on the midseason kinds. 



I have not included Jeanne Nonin 

 in the list of late varieties, for the rea- 

 son that in altogether too many cases 

 the foliage is wretchedly poor, and it 

 can not, generally speaking, be called 

 a profitable variety to grow. There is 

 still considerable of it around the mar- 

 ket at this date, December 9. After 

 Thanksgiving the New York market is 

 willing to forget all about mums. W. 

 R. Brock can be kept in splendid shape 

 for Christmas if necessary, and as a 

 late mum will sell much more readily 

 at that season than Nonin, since no one 

 wants -white flowers at Christmas if he 

 can get anything else. 



The Bronzes. 



New York is different from other 

 markets of the country, in that it will 

 take almost unlimited quantities of 

 bronze, provided they are of exhibition 

 size and finish, and will pay a good 

 price for them. I have not included 

 them in this list to any extent, because 

 a grower shipping to another market 

 might not find the expected call for 

 bronzes, and if he grew a great many 

 in that shade of color he might have 

 cause to regret it. 



Among the bronze varieties that are 

 profitable in the New York market, if 

 grown right, are C. H. Totty, Mrs. J. 

 A. Miller, Mrs. O. H. Kahn, Ma/y Ma- 

 son, Glenview, Pockett's Surprise and 

 Rose Pockett. Grown as the average 

 commercial grower grows his plants, 

 planted from the middle of June to 

 the middle of July and not fed much, 

 these will probably not return as much 

 as some other staple variety. 



Care of Stock. 



After the stock is cut it is the great- 

 est mistake in the world to lift the 

 stock plants and deposit them under 

 the benches because you are crowded 

 for room and want to plant something 

 else there. The lightest place in the 

 house is not any too light for the stock 

 plants of mums. 



If one has a violet bed it will answer 

 the purpose well, or the cold end of a 

 carnation house will do, as the stock 



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